Bilibili Gaming will start the LPL Summer Split without Chen "Bin" Ze-Bin — and the call was his. In a roster update issued on 21 July, the organisation confirmed that, following talks with the player, Bin will take a break at the start of Split 3, with junior top laner Yang "Wenbo" Wen-Bo starting in his place.
Bin set out the reasons himself. In a Weibo post the same day, he said his form had dipped and that, after speaking with the team, he had agreed to step away to rest and recover before returning. He thanked his teammates and staff for their patience and asked fans to keep backing the side.
Wenbo is not a stranger to the main stage. He was promoted from BLG Junior in late January, during a brief standoff between Bin and management, and was registered alongside the veteran for the Split 1 fixture against Top Esports before Bin returned. This time the swap comes at the player's request rather than out of a dispute.
BLG have barely stopped this year — First Stand 2026, LPL Split 1 and Split 2, all won — and at MSI they went the full distance, all the way to the Grand Final before losing 3-2 to Hanwha Life Esports. Then came the Esports World Cup, straight after, with no real break. The fatigue likely told:
